Exodus 12:4 (WEB)
and if the household is too little for a lamb, then he and his neighbor next to his house shall take one according to the number of the souls. You shall make your count for the lamb according to what everyone can eat.
Catechism · 1
“By doing so, he reveals that Jesus is at the same time the suffering Servant who silently allows himself to be led to the slaughter and who bears the sin of the multitudes, and also the Paschal Lamb, the symbol of Israel's redemption at the first Passover.” — Catechism footnote: Is 53:7, 12; cf. Jer 11:19; Ex 12:3-14; Jn 19:36; 1 Cor 5:7.
Fathers and councils · 3
Tertullian
“…to eat this solemn sacrifice of this day (that is, of the passover of unleavened bread) with bitterness;” and added that “it was the passover of the Lord,” that is, the passion of Christ.” — editor's note: See Ex. xii. 1–11.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“But thus ye shall eat it; your loins girt, and your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hands; and ye shall eat it in haste: for it is the Lord’s passover.”” — editor's note: Ex. xii. 3–12.
Read the whole comment“Also in Exodus: “In one house shall it be eaten: ye shall not cast forth the flesh abroad out of the house.”” — editor's note: Ex. xii. 4.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.87.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.87.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.87.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.87.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.87.